BOAT RESOURCES

Blair Boats—The master New Zealand boatbuilder, David Blair, who, with Joe, originally built Shanachie as a wee lad of 23 (and then, 17 years later, masterminded her amazing new scoop), has his own shop located in Kerikeri, New Zealand

Ballenger Spar Systems—Owner Buzz Ballenger, the foremost mast fabricator on the West Coast who, working with Joe and racing guru Skip Allan on rigging specs, provided Shanachie’s new mast

OTHER COOLIO STUFF

PatentWear—Our own online t-shirt design business... why not “slip into a little bit of history” with authentic patents as wearable art?!

Laurel Springs School—The accredited K-12 distance learning school that we used for our daughter’s 11th grade school year. There are many options out there, but this was the only one we found that offered advanced honors classes at her grade level (and which was recognized without fuss by the University of California admissions system as well).